The 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held in China's Shenzhen on Nov. 18 and 19 next year, accompanied by the APEC CEO Summit and the joint ministerial meeting of foreign and trade ministers, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun announced on Friday.
  Shenzhen provides an apt backdrop for this meeting. One of China's first special economic zones and now the economy's top foreign trade hub, the city has grown from a GDP of just 270 million yuan in 1980 to 3.68 trillion yuan in 2024, with total trade reaching about 4.5 trillion yuan last year. Shenzhen will also host the APEC Economic Leaders'Week in November 2026.
  Innovation, openness gene of Shenzhen will be also kept in mind heart of each companies running at Shenzhen.